So Yamamura Movies

1963 Japanese movie

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun...

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka Shōko, at a high school. As Yasuko confronts...

"Masayoshi Ryanko" jumps into the den of the underworld swirling with smuggling and murder, and defeats the culprit with a heart-pounding pistol.

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

A jidaigeki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.

1962 Japanese movie

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

This work depicts the poet Hakushu Kitahara's life, full of poetic sentiment, from his childhood to his youth. In his pursuit of literature, he was...

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu...